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Trump’s Autocratic Logic and Foreign Intervention: America’s New Protection Racket
Donald Trump

Trump’s Autocratic Logic and Foreign Intervention: America’s New Protection Racket

Scott Corey

Among authoritarians, economics exists for the sake of political extraction, and private wealth is only permitted on condition of complicity

Israel’s assaults on Palestinian Universities and targeting the Academic Sector

Israel’s assaults on Palestinian Universities and targeting the Academic Sector

01/15/2026 By Middle East Studies Association

Beyond Boiling Point: Historic Iranian Protests Continue Despite Blackouts, Repression

Beyond Boiling Point: Historic Iranian Protests Continue Despite Blackouts, Repression

01/15/2026 By Truthdig

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The Gaza Crisis and the End of Human Rights: The Failure of International Law

The Gaza Crisis and the End of Human Rights: The Failure of International Law

Exeter (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – As the Israeli attacks against Gaza have continued to rage, now spilling into Lebanon, a year of unspeakable […]

Hilal Cibik

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One Year of Israel's War on Gaza: What wasn't on US TV "News"

One Year of Israel’s War on Gaza: What wasn’t on US TV “News”

Al Jazeera English: “One year of Israel’s war on Gaza – what you need to know” Excerpt from Transcript: Let’s talk about one year of […]

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CO2-Driven Climate Change causes Hurricane Milton to Explode into Cat 5 as it Heads for Florida

CO2-Driven Climate Change causes Hurricane Milton to Explode into Cat 5 as it Heads for Florida

By Ali Sarhadi, Georgia Institute of Technology | – (The Conversation) – Hurricane Milton went from barely hurricane strength to a dangerous Category 5 storm […]

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The Top 10 Things Israel did to Gaza before October 7, 2023

The Top 10 Things Israel did to Gaza before October 7, 2023

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Last October 7, the al-Qassam Brigades of the Hamas Party-Militia, joined by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad and some other small […]

Juan Cole

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Elderly Activists vs. Decrepit Plutocrats:  It isn’t Age that matters but What you use it For

Elderly Activists vs. Decrepit Plutocrats: It isn’t Age that matters but What you use it For

By Robert Lipsyte ( Tomdispatch.com ) – After Joe Biden was shuffled off stage on trumped-up charges of senility, I started thinking seriously about the […]

Tomdispatch

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Why Human-Caused Climate Change is coming for the vulnerable Carolinas

Why Human-Caused Climate Change is coming for the vulnerable Carolinas

By Russ Schumacher, Colorado State University and Kathie Dello, North Carolina State University | – (The Conversation) – Hurricane Helene caused deadly and destructive flooding […]

The Conversation

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France asserts itself against Netanyahu over Lebanon: Macron calls for Arms Embargo against Israel

France asserts itself against Netanyahu over Lebanon: Macron calls for Arms Embargo against Israel

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In a radio interview with France Inter on Saturday, French president Emmanuel Macron called for an arms embargo against Israel […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Adventurism from Gaza to Regional War:  Who Benefits?

Israeli Adventurism from Gaza to Regional War: Who Benefits?

by By Sher Ali Bukhari ( Middle East Monitor ) – Hamas launched a ground, air and naval attack on Israel, resulting in the killing […]

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Israel/ Palestine
How Lebanon’s National Identity is exploited to justify Violence against It

How Lebanon’s National Identity is exploited to justify Violence against It

By Rayyan Dabbous, University of Toronto | – (The Conversation) – The Lebanese armed group Hezbollah confirmed on Sept. 28 that its leader, Hassan Nasrallah, […]

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